So happy for you - fingers crossed things continue to go well. :)

So very sorry for your loss. I hope you'll stay in touch with his widow and let her know you're thinking about her. I'm sure this will be very hard for her.

I KNOW! I guess since it was a couple of fingertips it wasn't life threatening? But no way would that not be an emergency situation if it were *my* fingertips. Dear god.

Yeah, I could see myself wanting to touch the water and not giving a thought to my fingers getting cut off! I guess those rules are there for a reason.

WOW. Never would I have considered dumping my loved one's ashes in a Disney ride. (And yes, I do enjoy the Disney theme parks, and so does my family.)

Hee hee! :) I sometimes feel bad when I get excited about things like that, but then I think, isn't it good to be able to find joy in small things? :)

Why do the police keep doing this to you? I've never had this happen to me. Is there a reason they might think you were in some kind of difficulty?

WTF??? I'm looking at these women thinking, they don't look like thieves ... but hell, what are thieves supposed to look like? Go figure.

Love everything about this! Good for you going for what you wanted! :)

Thanks for your sympathy. :) I am proud of myself that I am figuring out how to do it without him, but I sure do miss him right now.

Thanks, Magrat - that's helpful.

Not much snow where I live, but good to hear you love the car - thanks. :)

I'm shopping for a car on my own for the first time in my life at 43. My dad always shopped with me before, but he died a few years ago. It's been stressful. My past 3 cars have been low-mileage, used, mid-size sedans. But I'm leaning toward buying a new compact car (maybe a Honda Civic or Hyundai Elantra) — I have…

Those are all pretty bland foods. I wonder if maybe he's a supertaster? Look it up — it's someone who's very sensitive to taste and often can't tolerate things other people can. Doesn't mean you have to want to date him ... just thought I'd throw a theory out there.

Good vibes coming your way. Sounds awful. :(

Woo hoo! Sometimes things *do* work out the way you want them to! :)

When I was 26, I was rear ended in a car accident and developed chronic neck and back pain. I did 6 weeks of physical therapy, which didn't seem to help. Then I was rear ended AGAIN. Did 3-4 more months of physical therapy, and that didn't seem to help either. My pain was kind of similar to yours in that sometimes it…

That's so awesome that those girls protected your friend like that!

Just wanted to say I sympathize. I'm also an adult over 40 and struggle with boundary issues with my mom. She can irritate me like no one else, and then like you I struggle with feeling guilty that I don't have endless patience, or feel guilty thinking of how much I will miss her when she's gone.

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